Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
>> On tor, 2010-05-27 at 12:59 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>>
>>>> I think we should fix it now. Quick thought: maybe we could use
>>>>
>>> FOR
>>>
>>>> instead of AS: select myfunc(7 for a, 6 for b);
>>>>
>>> I'm afraid FOR doesn't work either; it'll create a conflict with the
>>> spec-defined SUBSTRING(x FOR y) syntax.
>>>
>> How about
>>
>> select myfunc(a := 7, b := 6);
>>
>
> One concern I have is that in PL/pgSQL, := and = behave the same, while
> in SQL, they would not. That might cause confusion.
>
>
That is a sad wart that we should never have done, IMNSHO (it was before
my time or I would have objected ;-) ). But beyond that, = is an
operator in SQL and := is never an operator, IIRC.
cheers
andrew
I doubt there will be much confusion.